Condition Report

LOT #109

Inuit Art | Graphic Works

Kenojuak Ashevak
CC RCA
1927 - 2013
Canadian Indigenous


The Woman Who Lives in the Sun
stonecut on paper
titled, editioned 20/50, dated 1960, inscribed "Cape Dorset Baffin Island" and "Kenojuak" and stamped with the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative seal
19 1/2 x 26 in 49.5 x 66 cm


Overall Condition of Work
 •  Overall, this work is in good to very good condition

Methods of Inspection
 •  This work was inspected out of the frame
 •  This work was inspected under magnification

Paper Support
 •  Discolouration from a non-archival backing present Throughout
 •  Discolouration from mat burn present At the perimeter of the work
 •  Extremely minor Foxing present In small localized areas

Framing and Mounting
 •  Non-archival tape from previous framing present Along the upper edge on verso
 •  This work is archivally hinged

Notes on Material


Comments on Condition

Prepared by:  Rochelle Konn
Report date:  Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022


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